How common is the surname Hafner?

5,187 people in the United States had the surname Hafner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,523 Americans. It ranked 6,532nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hafner?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hafner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hafner?

Travis Hafner, American baseball player.

Where is the surname Hafner most common?

Wikidata records people named Hafner in the United States.

Is the surname Hafner getting more or less common?

More common. 5,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,187 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Hafner

A German surname, carried by 5,187 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H156

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hafner is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Hafner or Häfner.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,187 people named Hafner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,523 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,140.

#6,532

rank among US surnames

5,187

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,136)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,523	Claiborne	5,201	59,363
#6,524	Oswalt	5,198	59,397
#6,525	Berumen	5,195	59,431
#6,526	Goodall	5,193	59,454
#6,527	Cairns	5,192	59,466
#6,528	Wiener	5,191	59,477
#6,530	Gambrell	5,190	59,489

Who is named Hafner

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Hafner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hafners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Travis Hafner
American baseball player, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Heafner

Surnames that sound like Hafner

Hafner has the Soundex code H156, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H156.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hafner come from?: Borrowed from German Hafner or Häfner.
How common is the surname Hafner?: 5,187 people in the United States had the surname Hafner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,523 Americans. It ranked 6,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hafner?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hafner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hafner?: Travis Hafner, American baseball player.
Where is the surname Hafner most common?: Wikidata records people named Hafner in the United States.
Is the surname Hafner getting more or less common?: More common. 5,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,187 in 2010, up 0.9%.
What are other spellings of Hafner?: Heafner.